THE WAR ROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON EP. 5108

Summary

Real America’s Voice – War Room with Stephen K. Bannon (Ep. 5108, Jan 30, 2026)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The War Room with Stephen K. Bannon dives deep into several unfolding national stories: the mass protests erupting across Minneapolis; the high-profile indictment of journalist Don Lemon for his actions at a church protest; escalating concerns over left-wing disruption of religious spaces; conservative victories and pushback in Texas on DEI and gender policies; the battle over Sharia law legislation in Texas; and the fight over immigration and DHS funding in Congress. Throughout, Bannon and his guests emphasize what they view as grassroots, populist resistance to progressive influence in America’s institutions and government.

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Main Topics and Discussions

1. Minneapolis Mass Protests & the Don Lemon Indictment

[01:05-14:15]

Protests on the Streets

• Ben Berkwam (on-ground): Reports live amidst 20–30,000 protesters in Minneapolis, noting the absence of police and the prevalence of march “peacekeepers” instead ([03:28]).
  • "Not a single police officer in sight... Everyone in these yellow jackets are basically leading this whole thing." — Ben Berkwam ([03:49])
• Steve Bannon contextualizes these protests as evidence of a “dying regime” and “primal scream” from what he frames as elite authorities, reinforcing the notion of populist backlash ([02:39]).

Don Lemon Situation

• Mike Davis: Highlights Don Lemon's arrest for allegedly storming a church with protesters and disrupting services ([05:25]).
  • Lemon faces charges under both the Klan Act (18 USC §241) and potentially the FACE Act (18 USC §248).
  • Davis argues Lemon was not present as a journalist and displayed intent to “terrorize” the congregation.
  • "Journalists do not have license to trespass into a house of worship... He admitted his criminal culpability for all this. He admitted he targeted this church because of their Christian faith...and the race of the congregants." — Mike Davis ([05:55])
  • Davis praises AG Pam Bondi for decisively pursuing charges, contrasting her with previous “Republican white male attorneys general” he viewed as unwilling to prosecute media figures ([08:08]).

The Prosecution & Media Narrative

• Bannon & Davis discuss media pushback, anticipating narratives of “political retribution” against Lemon, but assert that video evidence is strong and a deterrent is essential.
  • "If you do not make an example out of Don Lemon, if you do not punish him…this is going to happen all across America." — Mike Davis ([09:56])
  • Davis predicts difficulty in getting conviction due to potential “jury nullification” in left-leaning Minnesota, but insists the process is important ([11:45]).

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2. Grassroots Victories and Legislative Focus in Texas

[17:37–25:54]

Attacking “Transgender Indoctrination” at Texas A&M

• Brian Harrison: Announces the closing of the Texas A&M Women and Gender Studies Department.
  • Credits undercover video exposes and grassroots campaigns, backed by War Room audience pressure, for swaying the decision.
  • "The biggest part of the Texas A&M University system that was pushing this radical transgender indoctrination...is shutting down that program." — Brian Harrison ([18:46])
• Describes curricular content as “indoctrination” involving “gender unicorn” and ecofeminist teachings, calling it a decisive victory over taxpayer-funded progressive programs ([20:49]).

Sharia Law Hearings in Texas

• Harrison reveals that, after persistent grassroots advocacy, the Texas Senate will hold hearings to explore banning Sharia law, driven by fears of “unchecked mass migration” leading to parallel legal systems ([23:10]).
• Frames resistance to Sharia law as a "must-do" for Texas values and public safety.

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3. Critical Texas Senate Special Election and National Political Stakes

[25:55–31:52]

• Lee Wambsgans, candidate for Texas Senate District 9, explains the influx of out-of-state money (notably from George Soros-backed PACs) in the race.
  • Warns Democrats treat the election as a “pilot program” for flipping Texas blue.
  • "Beto O’Rourke’s organization, Powered by People...are literally posting that this January election is their pilot program...for turning Texas blue in November." — Lee Wambsgans ([27:45])
• Emphasizes critical need for GOP voter turnout in Tarrant County to prevent a Democratic upset.

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4. DHS Funding Fight and Immigration Enforcement Concerns

[33:00–39:54]

• John Lott: Discusses how new Democratic proposals would complicate deportations by requiring warrants from federal court judges, predicting the system would become bogged down and essentially unworkable.
  • "It's just going to prevent them from deporting lots of people right now and introduce more politics into it." — John Lott ([35:03])
• Cites alarming increases in threats and violence against ICE officers as justification for their anonymity and criticizes media coverage as misleading ([35:25]).
• Discusses efforts to educate the public on immigration realities outside of mainstream media, emphasizing the need for grassroots communication.

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5. The Legacy of Buckley v. Valeo and Campaign Finance Reform

[41:01–49:25]

• Brian Boyle (American Promise): Marks the 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo — the landmark Supreme Court case which dramatically limited public and state control over campaign finance.
  • Explains that this ruling shifted power over election funding from voters and legislatures to courts, and claims it unleashed today’s flood of out-of-state and dark money ([46:46]).
  • "This was the first time that the Supreme Court got involved in money, in politics...the system really kind of got launched 50 years ago when the Supreme Court really took this whole area over." — Brian Boyle ([46:46])
• Advocates for a movement to return campaign finance control to the people.

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6. Reflections on Protest Tactics, Law Enforcement, and Minnesota’s Turmoil

[51:01–52:19]

• Mike Lindell (Minnesota gubernatorial candidate): Describes the chaos in Minneapolis as “surreal,” blames organized, paid protesters, and vows to restore law and order if elected.
  • "When I’m governor, the first thing: you enforce these laws, these protest laws, because...you can’t break laws to protest." — Mike Lindell ([51:44])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bannon: "This is the primal scream of a dying regime...Pray for our enemies because we’re going medieval on these people’s..." ([02:39])
• Mike Davis: "Don Lemon can go to hell, and in the meantime, Pam Bondi is going to send his ass to prison." ([08:00])
• Brian Harrison: "Taxpayer-funded transgender indoctrination...the biggest program at Texas A&M is no more." ([22:15])
• Lee Wambsgans: "Powered by People is...posting that this January election is their pilot program...for turning Texas blue in November." ([27:50])
• John Lott: "It’s just going to prevent them from deporting lots of people right now and introduce more politics into it." ([35:03])
• Brian Boyle: "This was the first time that the Supreme Court got involved in money, in politics...the system really kind of got launched 50 years ago when the Supreme Court really took this whole area over." ([46:46])
• Mike Lindell: "When I'm governor, the first thing: you enforce these laws, these protest laws, because...you can't break laws to protest." ([51:44])

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Key Timestamps

• 01:05 – News coverage: Don Lemon indicted, mass protests in Minneapolis
• 03:28 – Berkwam on ground in Minneapolis, protest scale and police absence
• 05:25 – Mike Davis details the Don Lemon indictment
• 08:08 – Davis lauds AG Pam Bondi’s pursuit of charges
• 13:17 – Mike Davis plugs Article III Project/Action for War Room audience
• 18:20 – Brian Harrison on Texas A&M Women & Gender Studies closure victory
• 22:42 – Update on Texas Sharia law hearings, bold grassroots activism
• 25:54 – Lee Wambsgans on critical Texas special election
• 33:00 – John Lott on dangers of proposed changes to immigration enforcement
• 41:01 – Brian Boyle on the historic impact of Buckley v. Valeo
• 46:46 – Boyle on the current implications of campaign finance law
• 51:01 – Mike Lindell reflects on consequences of unrest in Minneapolis

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Episode Tone

The episode’s tone is urgent, combative, and highly partisan. Bannon and his guests repeatedly frame current events in stark “us vs. them” terms, frequently warning of conspiracies against populist, conservative interests and exhorting their audience to “action, action, action.” The rhetoric is direct, unapologetic, and overtly hostile toward both progressives and elements of the GOP they deem weak or compromised.

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Resources & Links Shared

• Article III Project: article3project.org
• Brian Harrison (Twitter/X): @BrianEHarrison
• Lee Wambsgans campaign: Lee4Texas.com
• John Lott’s research: crimeresearch.org
• American Promise (campaign finance): americanpromise.net
• Brian Boyle Social: @USAPromise (X / Facebook)

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This summary is crafted to provide a comprehensive, timestamped account of the episode, clarifying key positions, escalating tensions, and the driving calls to action voiced by Bannon and his guests.

Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

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[News Reporter]

York Times reports this quote Working with hundreds of organizations in 46 states, organizers said they are encouraging Americans to abstain from daily activities to grind the economy to a halt and the protests could not come at a more dire moment. Just a few days ago, Trump said his administration would, quote, de escalate in Minneapolis when it comes to enforcement. But that statement does not match up with the reality of on the ground there now. Today, Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on local leaders and he is calling Alex Preddy, the man who was killed, an agitator and quote, perhaps insurrectionist by what is being seen as a full assault, a new red line crossed, an assault on the First Amendment. The administration today arrested two journalists, including Don Lemon, formerly of cnn. He's long been a target of Donald Trump's wrath and ire, along with activists for protest at a Church on January 18th. Don Lemon was not there as a protester. He identified himself as a journalist and made it clear that he was there. He was inside in his capacity as a journalist and reporter. According to a copy of the indictment obtained by our team, Lemon faces two civil rights charges, including conspiracy against the right of religious freedom. He will appear in court later this hour. A wave of protests rising up in the streets of American cities, especially Minneapolis, against Donald Trump and his autocratic ambition.

[Steve Bannon]

This is the primal scream of A dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people's not got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my.

[John Lott]

Country, this country will be saved.

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[Steve Bannon]

It's Friday the 30th of January, year of lower 2026. Mike Davis is going to join us in a moment about this Don Lemon situation, but we got to go to Ben Berkwam briefly, and Ben's going to be with us for the hour. Ben, we're going to the streets of Minneapolis today. You were outside the federal Building where there was a big demonstration, people should understand, on a very cold Friday afternoon. It looks like, I don't know, 20, 30,000 people in the streets of Minneapolis.

[Brian E. Harrison]

Ben?

[Ben Berkwam]

Yeah, it's massive. I mean, it's one of the biggest protests, at least here in Minneapolis I've ever seen. And what's crazy about this, Steve, is this entire thing has been led by, they call them peacekeepers. Not a single police officer in sight that I've seen today. Everyone in these yellow jackets are basically leading this whole thing. They've blocked, I don't know, 20 streets as they were coming through the entire line. Both sides of the parks going are field, but it goes back 10 blocks, probably of. Of people. It is massive.

[Steve Bannon]

Is that what we're seeing right there, the, the back of the, the flatbed truck? Is that the speakers? Is that the speaker stand?

[Mike Lindell]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ben Berkwam]

This is where all the speakers are doing all the chants, leading all the lemmings. That's all coming from here. So we're at the very front.

[Steve Bannon]

Did they look like they're reaching out their hand? Are they reaching out their hand to President Trump to work through this? Since President Trump has been pretty conciliatory? Tom Holman. Okay, hang on. No, no, I wouldn't say that. No, I want you. I want you. Okay. I want you to be safe. Hang on, Let me get Mike Davis. I'm gonna come back to you. Mike Davis. I think Don Lemon's gonna be arraigned. I think within the hour of this show in Los Angeles. Talk me through. Is this serious, or is this just President Trump and his devotees chasing, making trouble for an innocent man? You've seen the indictment. What do you got?

[Mike Davis]

So the videos of what Don Lemon did at that church service where he stormed the church with other agitators. He went onto the pulpit and interrupted the church service and had a. Tried to have a debate with the minister on the pulpit. He scared the hell out of the congregants, including women and children. A woman broke her arm during all of this. Don Lemon faces very serious federal felony charges under the Klan act, conspiracy against rights, 18 USC Section 241, along with a misdemeanor charge or maybe even felony, depending on how they do it under the face act under 18 USC section 248. Here's the issue, Steve. He was not there as a journalist, but even if he were there as a journalist, journalists do not have license to trespass into a house of worship. They do not have license to terrorize church congregates. They do not have, whether it's a church, a mosque, a synagogue, another place of worship. You can't do that. Remember, the Biden Justice Department imprisons elderly Christian pro life protesters at Planned Parenthood. So Don Lemon is certainly not above the law here. And I would say this. If Don Lemon showed any sense of remorse after this, you know, if he said, well, we. I just got caught up in this, it was. It was bad judgment. I apologize. You know, maybe, just maybe, he would have the Justice Department saying. Saying something different today. But this Don Lemon, he doubled down. He tripled out. He quadrupled down and tried to say that he was there as a journalist when the videos are so clear, what he was doing. His. His own statements on video after he did this show his. His mental culpability, his mental state for all this. He. He admitted his criminal culpability for all this. He admitted he targeted this church because of their Christian faith. He admitted he targeted this church because of. Because of the race of the congregants. Right? This is. This is text Textbook Base act, and this is textbook Plan Act. So Don Lemon can go to hell, and in the meantime, Pam Bondi is going to send his ass to prison.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah, let me.

[Lee Wambsgans]

You.

[Steve Bannon]

You gave a real shout out today on social media to Pam Bondi. Walk me through that.

[Mike Davis]

Well, I just think that Pam Bondi is being bold and fearless here. Look, in prior Republican administrations, there's no chance in hell that a Republican white male attorney general would charge Don Lemon with a Klan act violation because prior Republican white male attorneys general are pussies. And Pam Bondi is not. She is bold and fearless. She does not give a damn about the woke nonsense, the political correctness. It's very clear that Don Lemonade was an agitator here who terrorized a white Christian church. So Pam Bondi is going to put this man where he belongs, in jail with Klan act and face act charges.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay? Because tonight, you know, on CNN and msnbc, we're just going to be bombarded with them because they've already started on these afternoon shows. And by the way, we're going to try to get to cut to Don Lemon when he, when he gets arraigned that these are just kind of phony made up charges and this is just retribution by Trump's acolytes and devotees. Can you just give it to us succinctly one more time? Why do you, Mike Davis, think this is serious? The charges and at least the preliminary evidence they took to the grand jury?

[Mike Davis]

Because Don Lemon terrorized a church service. He disrupted the church service. He went on the pulpit and disrupted the pastor in the middle of the church service, tried to debate with him during the middle of the church service. Look, I, I went to 13 years of Catholic school, as you know, Steve, I'm not exactly the model Catholic, but it enrages me watching this soul go on to a pulpit and debate a, a pastor during the middle of a church service. You have little kids cowering in terror. You have women cowering and tearing up, someone breaking their arm. These, There has to be punishment here because Don Lemon has shown zero remorse for what he's done. He's, he's quadrupled down. And here's the bigger issue. If you do not make an example out of Don Lemon, if you do not punish him, if you do not have a deterrence factor here, this is going to happen all across America. You're going to have left wing agitators disrupting church services every Sunday. And that cannot happen in this country. That is a series of very serious federal crimes, including the Face act and the Klan Act. And you can't have the Biden Justice Department throwing 75 year old Christians in prison for praying at abortion clinics. But you let Don Lemon get a get out of jail free card just because he's a black left wing journalist. Again, Don Lemon can go to hell. In the meantime, he can go to jail.

[Steve Bannon]

This is right now in the streets. We're going to go back to Ben Berkram in A second. You have, I don't know, 20, 30,000. You have a massive turnout, it looks like, with no police. Right. And no ice, no customs and border. They've taken over the streets and now they're governing themselves. But they've taken over the streets. There's no legal authority. This case is going to depend upon those parishioners coming forward in open court and accusing and backing up with evidence, eyewitness evidence, what Don Lemon did. Correct. Where are we going to find. Because you know they're going to be terrorized immediately. Where are you going to find parishioners with that kind of steel, steely spine when you're living in a place like Minneapolis, sir?

[Mike Davis]

Now, that's a very good point. I think this One was in St. Paul, which is a little bit more sane than the Somali pirates in Minneapolis. But the. But I get your point. Here's the issue. You have videos from Don Lemon of where he's admitting what he did, which is storm the church to make them uncomfortable. And he did it because of their race and their religion. They're white Christians. That's why he targeted this church. You can play those videos in court of Don Lemon. Those are hearsay videos. But they're. They are. You can you get around the hearsay rules, the federal rules of, of evidence. You can get around the hearsay rules because it's Don Lemon's incriminatory, incriminating statements. And so play those videos in court. And it's, it's a, it seems like it's a pretty clear cut slam dunk case. Now, if a, if he ends up getting jury nullification, which he may get because you're dealing with left wing jurors in Minnesota. The dumbest people in America, they let Somali pirates rip them off for. They let Somali pirates rip them off out of billions of dollars for years and years and years. So you may have dumb Democrat Minnesota jurors with jury nullification, but you know what? Who gives a damn? Put Don Lemon through the process.

[Steve Bannon]

Mike Davis, thank you. I know you had to step out to do this. Where do people go for Article 3? Where they go for your social media? You're putting up a lot of great stuff in this. Where they go.

[Mike Davis]

Article3project.org, article3project.org donate. Follow us on social media. And again, action, action, action for the All Star War Room posse. And thank you, Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother. Mike Davis on. And Don Lemon is supposed to be, I guess, arraigned here shortly. We'll go to that. Let's go back to Bed.

[Brian E. Harrison]

Do we have bed?

[Steve Bannon]

Berkwom they may had to move. Okay, you see right there, look at the overview. I don't know. Ben.

[Ben Berkwam]

BEN Go ahead, Steve Hang on.

[Steve Bannon]

I want to get you on, by the way. BEN yeah, go ahead, Steve. Ben, is, is the, is, is the march tomorrow going to be bigger than this?

[Ben Berkwam]

It's hard to say. Hey, is the march, is the march tomorrow gonna be bigger than this? Guys, hang on. Is the march tomorrow gonna be bigger than this? Is the march tomorrow gonna be big?

[Steve Bannon]

If you bring your friends, it will be.

[Ben Berkwam]

I, I, I don't know. It's, it's pretty big though.

[Mike Lindell]

We're moving.

[John Lott]

Okay, we're moving.

[Brian E. Harrison]

JOE.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Ben Berquam, we'll come right back to you. Ben Berkwam at the march. Got to be safe, by the way, for Raw Story. But we didn't cut the, we did not cut the, we did not cut the interview with Ben Berkwam short today. We did it all and we sent you some additional forge. Ben Berkhom is down there. So in the streets of Minneapolis, we're going to leave with my favorite, the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, his new song, you see right there, I think it's 20 to 30,000 people. No police, no sheriffs, no ice, no customs and border. They're self governing today or self organizing today in the streets of Minneapolis. We're going to take a short commercial break. We're going to talk about the streets in Texas next. We'll go back to Ben Berkwam. By the way, supposed to be even bigger demonstrations. That's why I asked the question on Saturday. Supposed to be huge. So we'll cover it all. Short commercial break Gold I think down 10% at the close. Silver down like 30%. This is what happens. You announced a chairman of the Federal Reserve who is very serious about a strong dollar. He's a hawk on interest rates. It's kind of a surprising, surprising picture. They Kevin Warsh, but capital markets throughout the world I think greatly appreciate this was like the president I states when they accuse him of not having an independent Fed. You couldn't have someone that has kind of different philosophy than the president. I think when it comes to monetary policy and it comes to capital markets anyway, Kevin Warsh has been designated as as the next Fed chair. Gold and silver took a hit as as people took profit taking and in addition looks like someone coming with a stronger dollar.

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[Steve Bannon]

Make sure you go to get her. I'm putting up content all the time. We're going to go back to Ben Berkwam as soon as we can get into a place that we can hear him right. He's not being shouted over the whistles. We'll go to him as soon as he's set up. We're also tracking the situation in Los Angeles where Don Lemon, I guess is going to be arraigned here shortly. We'll cut to that. If it's if, if we have audio, we want to make sure that Texas does not become a Minneapolis. I know that's far fetched, but if you let these things get out of control, you never know what's going to happen. Brian Harrison, you have two great pieces of news today. We're going to do a quick hit and try to talk you into coming back on tomorrow because these are things that the Warren Posse has worked on with you. Let's start at Texas A and M and then we'll go to the hearings.

[Brian E. Harrison]

Yeah, big news. And like we've been doing, Steve, with the posse for the better part of the last year now, just, just win after win. When, when Texans, when grassroots patriots, when the posse becomes aware of the Texas government and the, the liberal tendencies of the Austin uniparty, when they become aware of the corruption, they don't stand for it. They, they demand action. And that's how we've been getting results. And the posse is well aware of our work to get. We got rid of the president of Texas A and M, we've ended big DEI programs, we've stopped illegals from registering vehicles. And then a huge victory today, maybe the biggest to date, following on the heels of getting rid of the president of Texas A and M, who is pushing DEI and transgender indoctrination. The biggest part of the Texas A and M University system that was pushing this radical transgender indoctrination into the classroom. Okay. Indoctrinating the next generation of students into this radical transgender ideology. The Women and Gender Studies department at Texas A and M University. As of today, I can, I can announce to you Texas A and M is shutting down that program. This was the belly of the beast for the transgender movement at the Texas A and M University system and maybe the biggest blow to taxpayer funded transgender indoctrination in the Texas government that we've had for many years. A lot of folks were shocked to learn, as was I, that not only was the Texas government not fighting the woke progressive left transgender agenda, the Texas government For the past 10 years or so has probably been one of the biggest funders of transgender indoctrination. And the posse grassroots patriots have struck one of, if not the biggest blow against transgender indoctrination in the Texas government. I'm really proud. Even though I'm often fighting these battles alone down in the Austin swamp, I know I'm standing in solidarity with grassroots, freedom loving patriots all across Texas, the country. And then this is another W in the, in the column for the, for the posse here. So big blow against tax.

[Ben Berkwam]

Brian.

[Steve Bannon]

Brian. And this is a day in this ideology was dug in. I mean, they were dug in hard on this. When we first started this, when he brought the people's attention, they had no intention of changing out. Do we have any idea of what, what tipped it over? So they just said, hey, we're out. We're out of this business. We're shutting it down because that's a massive humiliation for them.

[Brian E. Harrison]

I'll tell you exactly what it was. We did it. They didn't want to do it. And that's not just. You have to take my opinion for it. You can go back and look at the record. Because it was my eye that released the undercover footage of a conservative female student. Never identified her. For her safety, she got to me. I released undercover footage of a Texas A and M University classroom, a children's literature class, future teachers where they were being forced to memorize the things like the gender unicorn. She objected to radical taxpayer funded transgender indoctrination. And we know that the Texas government supported this because the leadership of Texas A and M University tried to cover it up. They engaged in a whole cover up operation to try and sweep this under the rub. They berated the student, they harassed the student, threatened her, tried to get her to make a deal to remain silent if they could keep the indoctrination going. They were never going to stop this. But the way we got this win, there's no question about it, was because I boldly called for it as the only member of the Texas government to call for this. And then I went on shows like the War Room and social media and I locked arms with millions of people across the state and country, especially Texans who were sick and tired of being taxed out of their homes to have their money weaponized against them, their children and their values, and said, we're going to, we're done with this. And we have melted the phone lines in Austin and the pressure has gotten so insurmountable for the Austin uniparty establishment that we are seeing cracks in the dam. And, and Texas government, I believe now is turning the core slowly. There's a lot of work to do, but this is the biggest victory yet against taxpayer funded transgender indoctrination. And you mentioned how hard they were going. I'm reading here from a syllabus here. The Texas A and M was teaching that how to pursue environmental justice in these classes. They were teaching about ecofeminism. They were teaching the gender unicorn here. They were teaching that trans, transphobia, okay, is systematically deployed. They were teaching how to advocate for the transgender agenda. Here's a whole course on transgender cinemas, okay? This is what taxpayers Texas were being forced to fund. But the biggest program at Texas A and M is no more. And I'm really proud to have locked arms with you, the posse and patriots to just get another huge victory in a long string of victories against the liberal Austin uniparty.

[Steve Bannon]

Brian, Next week, we're shifting the flag of the worm in Warham, Texas, actually, to physically to Texas for the March 3rd, the run up to the March, the 3rd of March primary, where Sharia law is on the ballot. To prohibit Sharia laws on the ballot in Proposition 10. You've got big news. You called for, you said, hey, Steve, we're going to do this. We need a special session. Get a special session. We have to have hearings. I know that when that word first went out, a lot of people tried to block it. You've got an update for us, a.

[Brian E. Harrison]

Big update and a great update. You're right. You, me and many hundred or so patriots had a meeting in Dallas not too long ago. And I put on the table, I said, guys, people are bringing up all these legislative solutions because here's one thing your viewers need to know. Despite a lot of gaslighting from Austin officials, Texas has not banned Sharia law. And so there's a lot of legislative solutions being thrown around. I said, guys, the legislature's not in session until 2027, over a year away. We cannot delay any further. And at this point, I firmly believe that that delay is tantamount to acquiescence to the progressive left. And you're right. People don't think that that kind of stuff you see out in Europe and what's happened to London with the effects of unchecked mass migration and the violent jihadists and the explosion and growth of Sharia adherence could happen in Texas. It absolutely could. We're going over two mosques every month are going up the state of Texas. Two Sharia tribunals right in my backyard, one Irving, one in Dallas. So I called for emergency interim legislative oversight hearings. And I'm very excited to break the news here on your show that the Texas Senate, thanks to a decision, the correct and bold decision by our Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. The Texas Senate has just announced that they will have interim legislative oversight hearings, among other things. But included among them will be hearings to address the growing threat from Sharia law and ways to prevent the growth of Sharia law here in the state of Texas. And this is another victory, quite frankly, for the grassroots and the patriots demanding action, saying, we don't want to wait any longer to deal with this. We got to nip this cancer in the bud. So I appreciate our Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, putting that on the agenda for the Texas Senate. I have formally in writing, demanded the speaker of the Texas House do the same thing. The Texas House needs to get in gear, get it, get it off its backside and deal with sharia law right now and the property taxes and a whole bunch of other things that the voters of Texas just really can't afford to have their government sit on the sidelines any longer for. Big news.

[Steve Bannon]

Brian Harrison, your Twitter feed is feared, is loved and feared, loved and loathed down in Texas. Where do people go?

[Brian E. Harrison]

Yeah, if you love freedom and liberty, you love my Twitter feed. If you're a uniparty establishment Democrat or rhino hack, you hate it. Go at Brian E. Harrison, please. If you appreciate these updates or my fight for transparency and freedom here to save Texas and save the country, please go and follow me at Brian E. Harrison on X. At Brian E. Harrison on X. And then if you can click the link there at the top. Because of these types of victories against the Austin establishment, forcing them to stop funding transgenderism and other things, they're trying to take me out. We got a primary in a month. So please go there to help me out at Brian E. Harrison. But we're going to keep the where I'm not tired of winning. We're going to get warmed up. We're going to keep the victories coming here.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, Brian. Great. These are huge. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you.

[Brian E. Harrison]

Great. Appreciate you.

[Steve Bannon]

Stephen Lee Wams again, The primary is the 3rd of March, but tomorrow, but on Saturday there's actually a real election, a special election. You're in a dogfight down there. Explain where we stand and what you need in this vitally important Texas Senate race, ma'.

[Mike Lindell]

Am.

[Lee Wambsgans]

Sure. Thank you, Steve. Where we stand is the left has poured millions into painting my Democrat opponent as a moderate. He is nothing close to a moderate. He has donated to the Harris Waltz campaign 21 times. AOC Jasmine Crockett. He has funded an article came out in the Texas Voice today that proved what we already know. Talking about Texas Majority pac, which is a partner of the Texas Democrat Party. And they've traced $7 million of direct contributions from George Soros to that PAC. And 2/3 of my Democrat opponents funding comes from that pack. It's a very serious situation. The Democrats are working very hard to take Texas and I'll tell you why. We know special elections are very difficult. We know Republicans underperform and Democrats overperform in the history last 150 years. Only four times in our country's history has the party in the majority stayed the party of the majority during the midterms. What's crucial for Texas, however, we have 31 senators. We're a big, big state, 31 million people each Senate district has about a million people. It out of that the balance of power is 20 to 11. 20 Republicans, 11 Democrats. Well, for the first time in history, five of our Republicans have either retired or resigned. That means five open seats and this special election happening tomorrow. Tomorrow is election day. It's the last day to vote is critical. Beto o' Rourke's organization, Powered by People is an extremely left wing organization funded with additional millions of dollars. They are active in my Democrat opponents campaign and they are literally posting that this January election is their pilot program, their words, not mine. Pilot program for turning Texas blue in November. So for the Senate District 9 seat, it's half of Tarrant County. Tarrant county is the largest red county left in the nation. About 2.3 million people were larger than 15 states. It's a big deal. Meaning it's a big, big target to the left. We have to get our voters out. There are 26,000 Republican voters in State Senate District 9 that have not voted yet and we have to get them out or we lose Texas.

[Steve Bannon]

Lee, just hang on for one second. I'm going to hold it to the break and we get some details about people knowing where to go to vote and all that. Lee Williams got in a dog fight as all the folks down in Texas. It's a huge target on Texas. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As Tarrant County, Tarrant County. How Tarrant county goes, so Texas goes. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. We've got to win this one tomorrow. The horrific weather, all of it working against, working against people. But Lee, mom is a tough one. Part of the Patriot Mobile team. Short commercial break we're going to return in the War room in just a moment.

[Lee Wambsgans]

For me.

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[Steve Bannon]

Lee, where do people go? The site where they go to vote. You got 26,000 registered Republicans have not voted. We need all those people to turn out. We need this audience. If you're in Turin county and you've already voted to help turn people out tomorrow because the weather has been pretty horrific down there. Where do people go? To find out more at Lee Wams Gun.

[Lee Wambsgans]

So if you know you're in Senate District 9, go to lefortexas.com and click on Voter info. You can find all the locations there. If you live in Tarrant county and you're not sure, you can go to tarrant county.com elections and you can check to see what senate district you are in and you can click all the voting elections sites and there there is a plethora of voting elections. And you're right, the ice storm closed down some polling places and it really did hamper our turnout. We need everyone out tomorrow. Run, don't walk to the polls. Do not let the weather and the left take Texas.

[Steve Bannon]

And make sure you take somebody with you. Lee, social media, where do people follow you? Where they track you?

[Lee Wambsgans]

Lee for Texas on X is the best place at Lee. And that's L, E I G H at Lee for Texas.

[Steve Bannon]

Tough as boot leather. Thank you, ma'. Am. Weather's been against you, but we're going to pull this out, make sure everybody focuses. 26,000 registered Republicans have not voted yet in Tarrant County. Let's get it. Let's get it done. John Lott, there's another. It's a firestorm in Capitol Hill right now because they're trying to figure out the House and the Senate whether we're going to shut the government down, not shut the government down. As you know, John, I'm kind of with you. I don't care if they shut the government down or not. But on this one, they look like they're pulling out the DHS budget and they're specifically talking about, I mean, things like the Democrats Senate wants no mask on the ice agents. They want body cams that work 24 7. They want to be able to sue the officers just on and on. Plus they want make sure that every time you go to get an illegal alien out, you got to get a warrant from a federal judge. The ask on this thing are so over the top. I don't even know why. I don't even know why we're considering this. But we're kind of jammed up on this thing. And you highlight both, you know, if the government shuts down, what potentially could happen. Walk me through. You got a great piece in Real Clear Politics. Walk us through it.

[John Lott]

Well, thanks. I mean, the bottom line from the Democratic proposals is to essentially stop Trump from being able to go and deport illegal aliens. So right now, you can go and get a warrant from an immigration judge or an administrative warrant. What they want to do is have it so that federal district court judges and magistrates would handle these things. That makes the process much more complicated. But plus, you're talking about 1100 federal district court judges and magistrates in the country. You know, if they were to deport people at the same rate that they did this last year, and they're ramping it up, so hopefully it would have been more. You're talking about 500 warrants that each judge would have to Go and handle, you know, talking about weeks of work on their part for people, many of them already have a heavy schedule. But the problem also is about 60% of the district court judges in the country are Democrats. I mean, surely you know as well as anybody how a lot of these Democratic district court judges have done whatever they can in order to try to stop deportations by the Trump administration. And so, you know, if you have a large portion of these judges who are refusing to sign warrants for political reasons, you know, I, I guess you can go and appeal to an appeals court, but you're talking about a long, drawn out process that's going to encompass a lot of the court system and it's going to make it difficult or impossible for them to go and deport a lot of these people. On top of that, you mentioned.

[Steve Bannon]

John, it's got. John, John, John, hang on, hang on. But it's going to make it impossible. They know that.

[John Lott]

Yeah.

[Steve Bannon]

What they're proposing makes it impossible, you know, because these judges got other things to do, too. They're just not, they're gonna, they're trying to overwhelm the, they're trying to put up bureaucratic processes that just can't possibly be done. Correct.

[John Lott]

Exactly. Look, this system that we have right now in terms of immigration judges handling the warrants, that was something that's happened under the Biden administration, it happened under the Obama administration, happened under the Clinton administration. They had no problem with any of those things, despite millions of people being deported. And during some of those administrations with going and having immigration judges and administrative warrants handling the process that was there. But, you know, as you say, it's just going to prevent them from deporting lots of people right now and introduce more politics into it, you know, and some of the other things, like making it so because they're upset that many of these agents are wearing masks, but they're wearing them for a reason. I mean, you have a 1,347% increase this last year over 2024 in the number of assaults on ICE officers. You have an 8,000% increase in the number of death threats. You have a 3200% increase. That's 32 fold increase in vehicle assaults on ICE officers. And so, you know, you have people that have been doxed, that have gone.

[Brian E. Harrison]

And.

[John Lott]

Shown up at people's homes, at ICE officers homes, yelling and screaming. You have people confronting their family members. You have calling up and making death threats against their wives and their children. You know, it's been a very Difficult situation and I have to say the media has just been really biased in terms of how it's covered. It's true there's been a drop in the poll numbers for this stuff, but it's because the media hasn't provided the proper perspective on these things. I'll give you a simple example.

[Steve Bannon]

Of course you have something like they're not going to.

[John Lott]

Yep, I know, go ahead. But it's shows like yours that hopefully we can educate people about what the actual numbers are. So what is your.

[Steve Bannon]

Look? They ask the questions the wrong way. We're. Jim, what would you tell the president? Cuz every ask no mask. Suing the, suing the officers, you know, gotta get a warrant for everything. None of this works and it's not gonna come close to working. So what's your recommendation? Cuz the Senate Democrats are gonna hold up. You're gonna have this whole fight and firestorm actually with actually funding, you know, funding ice, funding Customs of border, funding dhs. And the President on the top of his mind is that hey, they took a point or two off my growth rate that I've worked so hard to get the economy back around. That's what the Democrats are trying to do. What would be your recommendation to the President about how to handle this?

[John Lott]

Well somehow they're going to have to go above and around the media in terms of educating people on these issues. There's so much misinformation. I'll just give you one example and that is ProPublica, this left wing media organization has this claim that 170Americans were detained by ICE this last year. Well first of all, 130 of those were people that were arrested because they had attacked ICE agents or interfered with ICE doing its job. They were committing felonies. That's the reason why they were detained. It wasn't just some American accidentally picked up off the street. Now 40, okay, I would prefer if it was zero. Obviously nobody wants somebody accidentally detained. But most of those were less than a day and most of those were detained for an hour or a couple hours because they were picked up along with illegal immigrants that they were trying to pick up who had criminal records. And they were quickly processed and realized that they weren't who they thought they were. But you know the thing is when you look at the overall 600,000, you're talking about one mistake for every 15,000 illegals that are picked up. Compare that to the Obama administration. Right, compare it to the Obama administration. First of all.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah, but conservative media, but we have to just do a better job. We gotta be we gotta be better. We gotta be tougher. You gotta be in the streets. You know, we got Ben Berkram. It's very dangerous. But you're just gonna have to because the left, this is their business model. This is the way they take over the country. They're just not gonna sit there. This is not a debating society. They, they fully pro publica, particularly those guys are professionals. I mean, they're professional propagandists. Anyway, John, the article's the article is amazing. Where do people go to get all your content, particularly this article that's up on Real Clear Politics right now?

[John Lott]

They can go to our website@crime research.org crime research.org and it has all sorts of data on the rate that illegals are committing crimes in the United States, which is very high, and and many other aspects of this question.

[Steve Bannon]

JOHN Lottie, great piece, great piece that kind of lay some facts. I want Grace and Mo and Elizabeth, if you guys can push it and push it hard out there. To the War Room Posse, by the way, tomorrow was a David Schaefer. There's an amazing report out on Georgia. Tulsi Gabbard and Pam Bondi did not address the secretary of State. I think that was canceled. We're going to have David Schaefer on tomorrow from Georgia. We're going to go through this report. Also, Philip Patrick is going to join us about the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, what he means as far as probably Fed policy goes and how that's going to impact gold and precious metals. Like I said, gold off about 10 points, a silver dove. I think 30, 30%. I think it was 30%. And we're going to have those guys up tomorrow. Very honored. Sam Tanenhaus, if we can pull it off. Sam's going to join us tomorrow. We're going to talk more about Bill Buckley. But right now is a very special, I guess, 50th anniversary. Brian Boyle, the general counsel of American Promise, joins us. What is the 50th anniversary of Brian and why is it such a big deal and how's it how does it entail?

[Brian Boyle]

Bill Buckley yeah, so today is the 50th anniversary of a case called Buckley vs. Valeo, which was decided by the supreme court back in 1976. And as your listeners might not know anything about that case. So if I could, I could just tell you, this is the case where the Supreme Court really, for the first time in American history, took over campaign finance as a policy area for the first, honestly, 200 years of American history, the rules about how money flows through elections could be decided by the American people. So if the American people were concerned about the way that that was happening and how it might be interfering with their sense of being represented by the people that they're trying to elect, they had the ability to set some guardrails. But then in 1976, the supreme basically stepped in and really took that whole set of decisions and gave it over to the federal judiciary. And that's where it's really lived for the past 50 years.

[Steve Bannon]

What was the case about? And how was Buckley even. Even involved?

[Brian Boyle]

Yeah, so the case was about a federal law called the Federal Election Campaign Act. And this was a law that had been passed by Congress actually on a cross partisan basis and signed into law by President Ford. And it was around concerns about how money. Congress did some investigations and they felt that money was really influencing the policies that were getting on the agenda. And they were hearing from their constituents that they were concerned about how money was really severing the connection between the people and the folks that were supposed to be serving their interests in D.C. and so Congress passed a set of comprehensive laws that were really meant to set some guardrails on that. Now if I could just take a step back and say the wisdom of those laws and whether they were good policy or not, I think is a separate question from whether or not it was really the court's job to step in and, and say, actually no, we're going to sort of take over and take the power away from the states and the American people to decide what laws we want in this area.

[Steve Bannon]

Brian, can you hang one second? I want to go to break. It seems like a very innocent age compared to where we are today. Brian Boyle from American Prospect, the general counsel is going to walk through the 50th anniversary of this landmark case. Sam Tenenhouse is going to join us tomorrow. Talk more about Bill Buckley of the Buckley Clan. Patriot Mobile. 972 Patriot. The best mobile service in the world layers on top of the other mobile services. One of the central facts see Lee Wambsgan used to what, run their political side before she got into elective politics. 972 Patriot. You're going to talk to a Texas, they say with an East Texas accent on a company that puts its Christian values first. We're going to be spending a lot of time with Jenny and Glenn's story in the coming month as we shift the war room to Texas to make sure that we're all over this situation on the three march proposition 10 to prohibit Sharia law and the crown jewel of the union, the state of Texas. Short commercial break we're gonna be back in a moment.

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[Brian Boyle]

Yeah, so I as you mentioned, it was James Buckley, who was the brother of Bill Buckley. He had run for the U.S. senate. And you know, I think the the reason why the case is so important, why the anniversary is so important for your listeners to know about, is that this was the first time that the Supreme Court got involved in money, in politics. And when we talk to Americans, which we do all the time, people say that the number one policy concern they have today is they feel like the system has gotten utterly out of control. But that system really kind of got launched 50 years ago when the Supreme Court really took this whole area over and courts and judges, unelected judges, started to make the decisions instead of the American people themselves. And I think what your listeners might be interested in knowing is that there's a movement right now to try to take that power back. It's power that the American people used to have. They used to be able to decide whether they were concerned about foreign money making its way into their elections or tremendous amounts of out of state money making their way into elections. And the American people want that back because, you know, if you're living in a rural part of the country and you see millions of dollars from out of state flooding into your elections to try to choose your elected representative. You feel like the system isn't serving your interests?

[Steve Bannon]

No. Lee Wambskin's got this problem right now. And the primary, she would have won with 50%, but it was out of state gambling money that came in and had another Republican and that's why she won. But she didn't go over 50%. Now she's running. There's out of state dark money that you had to deal with. This is all over Bryant. Where do they go on American Promise? You said they can learn more. Our audience wants the receipt. So where do they go over the weekend to learn more and then what's your social media so they can find out more about you?

[Brian Boyle]

Yeah, sure. So we're@American Promise.net we're leading a nationwide movement to give this power back to the people and our social media. USA Promise, sorry, at USA Promise, and that's on both X and Facebook. And there's lots of ways for people to get involved because there's a real hunger out there right now for a solution to the crisis of how money is really interfering with representative government. And this is something I just want to say, like, be ready for a strange bedfellows experience because you get people across the political spectrum who, like, you know, Trump voters and Harris voters driving down to their state capitol together to say, listen, we're ready for something different.

[Steve Bannon]

The posse is in the middle of the AI fight. So we've met a couple of strange bedfellows, as you say, new alignments and coalitions all the time. Brian Boyle, thank you. Thank you for the work you're doing. And look, we want people to have access to it. If they, if they're, if they, if they like it, they'll jump in. If they don't, they'll pass. But go check it out today. Grayson, Mo, if you could push it out to everybody, it's in the chats and then be a force multiplier. Brian, thank you for joining us on a Friday. And thank you for hanging around you and lot. We had, we had presidential press conferences. We had things jump in. You guys have been ready to go for a couple days. So I really appreciate it on the 50th anniversary. And man, did Bill Buckley and his brother James. James Buckley, too. What a guy. Incredible. Sam Tanenhaus tomorrow gonna try to get Sam teed up to talk. We got more about the conservative history of the country and the place of Bill Buckley and the Buckley family in that. Mike Lindell, amazing your run for governor so far in this Republican primary. Every night you seem like you're having a debate. A couple people have already dropped out. I don't think they can take the heat because it's so intense in Minnesota right now. Did you ever think, Mike, there's 20 or 30,000 people in the streets right now. There's no cops, there's no sheriffs, there's no ice, there's no cpb. Now it looks like it's self organizing. And besides some confrontations between media and some of the protesters, it looks like, at least right now, relatively safe. But you've got 30,000. The one tomorrow is supposed to be even bigger. Did you ever think that Minnesota would be the hotbed for an insurrection in this country, sir?

[Mike Lindell]

No, I did not. And it's actually kind of surreal, Steve. And it's where the logic is that you look at all these other cities that enforce their protest laws, where they got to get permits and they got to be in certain place, and you can't stop people from going point A to point B. Everything's working there. And it's like, where does this end? Obviously, the mayor did not listen to the, to our president when they had their talk. And people that are downtown, my friends, that are downtown, they, they fear as much. They fear the protesters more than anything because they can't get from point A to point B. Their whole lives have been disrupted. Most of these protesters have been, I believe, have been busted and been brought there. They're paid so many. It's just absolutely horrible. And I'll tell you, Steve, when I'm governor, the first thing. Yeah. Enforce these laws, these protest laws, because you can't, if you take that, take them out of the mix where you can't break laws to protest. It's that simple. It's like, you know, and, and, and, but they, I just think that it's such an easy solution to this problem because otherwise, where are they ending? Where's their end game? They're going to burn down Minneapolis like they did last last time.

[Steve Bannon]

You, you, you, you smoked out Amy Klobuchar out of the Senate. And that in and of itself is a massive effort. Sir, a hat tip for you now. Now it's, now it's going to be mono Amano, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lindell before we leave. We got 60 seconds, sir. Second hour of the afternoon show is coming up. You get 60 seconds. Sell me a Topper, a mattress a bed. What do you got?

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